Happy Birthday Brent!

On February 26th, Brent turned 43! To celebrate this momentous event in his life, we went out to dinner at Fudruckers and had the best burgers and fries. For dessert, Brent had his favorite chocolate malt.

Mitchell wanted to get Brent something nice for his birthday. He spent $1 of Brent's money trying to win him a stuffed animal from the MACHINE.

Unfortunately, Mitchell did not win Brent a special stuffed toy :(

Next we went to the Mesa Arts Center to see a performance called "The Price for Freedom." The show was about individual stories of men and women who experienced World War II. It wasn't about weapons, war strategy, or all the reasons we had to go to war. The story was portrayed through news and media footage from the war, stories from actual letters written by families, and through music.

The men who wrote and produced the show are friends of Brent's. This is how we heard of this fantastic show. The show gave me new insights to historical tidbits that I hadn't heard of before. For example, whenever a family sent someone out to war they put a blue star in their front window. People walking or driving down a street would know if you had someone serving in the war. If your family member died during the war, the star would be changed to gold. As stories were told of a family who sent two young men off to war, it was sad to hear the reactions of neighbors who walked by the home and noticed that one star was changed to gold. Then later in the war, both stars were gold.

It was a fun birthday night out on the town with the family!